Dump-car.



J. B. RHODES.

A l v DUMB GAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12| 1908. 918,91 1 Y 'Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs APATENT oEEIcE.

JAY B. RHODES, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, `ASSIGNOR VTO WESTERN WHEELED SCRAPER COMPANY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DUMP-CAR.

To allwhom "it may concern: Be it known that I, JAY B. RHoDEsr'a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, in the .county -of Kalamazoo and State of' Michigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dump-Cars, of

` which the following is a speciiication,l` reference being had to the accompanying drawf in s. IW invention relates to dum cars, and

. particularly to cars provided wlth movable o or'restored'to its normal position,`and by which the ear-body may be readily detached ,from the truck whichcarries it when in normal position but cannot lbe accidentally detached when dumping; also to rovide a support for'the car-body which wi l also act as a stop'to. limit the extent to which the car-body may be tilted at either-side in dumping. 1 accomplish this object as illustrated in the drawings and as hereinafter-described.

What I regard as new is set forth in the claims. v

It will be understood that while my improved supporting-devices are intended for use principally with cars providedwith movable side gates arranged to be lifted to expose the side ofthe car at which the load is to be dumped, certain features of my invention may also be applied to other types of dump cars.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is an end view of a car-body and a portion ofthe truck which sup orts it; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, being a si e view of the car-body su port and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Eig. 2.A

Referring to the drawings,-5 indicates the car-body, and 6 the upper portion of the truck which carries it. It will be understood that the truck is mounted on the usualwheels, but for clearer illustration the greater part of the .truck is omitted from' the drawings, as

' the general' construction and arrangement of such trucks is well understood in the art.

Such a car, for instance, is illustrated in 1n ending application7 Ser. No. 433,038, filed ay i5, 1908. A Asshown in Fig. 1, the upper portionl of the truck, in the construction shown, is pro- 'Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application led November 12, 1908. Serial No. 462,289.

' Patented April 2o, 1909.

vided with longitudinal I-beams 7, ,on which are mounted the devices which immediately support the car-body. Such supporting def vices comprise a bearing-block 8 which rests .upon and 1s ixedly secured to the I-beams 7, one of such blocks being provided for each truck. Usually a car is provided with two' trucks, both of which, however, are alike. On its upper side-the bearing-block 8 carries a segmental bearing 9 which is arranged transversely of the truck and is provided with a triangular recess 10, said recess being open at the top, as shown at 11. in Fig. 3.. Said recess 10,is substantially in the form of an inverted equilateral triangle, thus'providing three corners 12--13-14, as best shown in Fig. 3.

15 indicates a rocking support in the form of a standard having at its lower end a concave bearing plate 16, which iits over, and, when the standard is in upright position, rests upon the bearing 9, as shown in Fig. 1. When the standard 15is rocked to one side oi the other, the end portions'17 of said plate 16 are adapted to engage projecting end portions 18 of the bearing-block 8, thereby ,forming end bearings which sup ort the standard when in tilted position. he plate 16 is provided at its opposite sides with` flanges 19-20 which project down at the sides ofthe bearing v9, as shown in Fig. 2, and

have convex lower edges, as' shown in Figs. 1

and 3,-said iianges forming rockers on which the standard swings to one side or the other. 'lhey also serve to prevent displacement of fthe standards in the direction of the length of the car.

21 indicates a pin or bolt, which passesthrough suitable holes in the anges 19-20 and through the recess 10 in the bearing 9, as 95 shown. lhe arrangement is such that when the standard 15 is in its vertical position the bolt 21 is at the lowermost point 12 of the recess 10, but when the standard 15 is rocked to one side or the other, the pin 21 moves up into one or the other of the corners 13--14. By this construction the car-body is carried out farther to om` side or the other when tilted, and the engagement ofthe pin 2] with the corners 13 or 14 limits the extent to which the standard may be rocked and also prevents accidental disconnection of the standard with the bearing block. 'lhe ystandard may readily be detached from the ,block 9 by simply lifting it vertically to Fig. 1.

- body carry the pin 21 through the slot 11. This is an important advantage, as frequently where a car is wrecked the pin is twisted or jammed so that it cannot readily be removed. O course, where the parts are not damaged they may be disconnected byremoving the pin 21.

At its upper end the standard 15 carries a plate 22 by which the car-body is secured to it.

23-24 indicate the side gates, which are connected with the car-body by straps Said gates are held up out of o erative position when the car-'body is ti ted at either side by bars 27 connected with the bearing-block 8 by straps 28, as shown in 29 indicates cables for dumping the car at .either side, said cablesbeing operated in any suitable manner, as 'by compressed-air-operated cylinders' 30. The mechanism for dumping, the car, however, forms no part of my resent invention and vtherefore will not escribed further.

That which I claim as m invention, and

desire to secur'eby Letters atent, is,-

1. In a dum -car, the combination ofa car-body, a roc er bearing for said car-body comprising an upper member and a lower member, said u per member bein adapted to rock on said lbwer member to ti t the carand having means en aging the lower member for reventing disp acement ofthe up er mem er lengthwise of the car in eit er direction, one of said members having a recess, the other memberhaving a in moving in said recess and acting to llmit the extent to which the upper member may be 'rocked laterally.

' 2. In a dumFcar, the combination of a car-body, a roc er bearing for said car-body comprising an upper member and a lower member, said u per member bein adapted to rock on said ower member to ti t the carand having means engaging the lower member for reventing displacement of the up er memler lengthwise of the carin eit er direct/ion, one of said members having A a triangular recess, the other member having a pin moving in said recess and acting to limit the extent to which the upper member may be rocked laterally in either direction.

3. In a dum -car, the combination of a car-body, a roc er bearing -for said car-body comprising anv upper member and a lower member, said u per member bein adapted to rockon said ower member to ti tthe carbody, oneof said members having a recess, said reces.` being open at the top, the other member havin a pin moving in said recess and acting to limit the extent to which the upper member may be rocked laterally.

4. In a dum scar, the combinatiomol` a car-body, a roc er bearing for said carbody comprising an upperl member and a' lower member, said upper member Abeing adapted to rock on said lower member to tilt the carbody, one of said members having a triangular recess, said recess being open at the top, the other member having a'pin moving in said recess and acting to limit the extent to which the upper member may be rocked laterally in either direction.

5. In a dump-car, the combination of a transversely-disposed lower segmental bear,-v ing having a recess therein, an upper segmental bearing overlying said recess and adapted to bear u on said lower bearing, a carody mounte on said upper bearing, and a pin connected with said upper bearing and itting within said recess, said pin being adapted to engage the lower bearing to limit the rocking movementv of the upper bearing.

6. In a dump-car, the combination of a transversely-disposed lower segmental bearing having a recess therein, an upper'segymental bearing overlying said recess and the rocking movement of the upper bearing in either dlrection.

7. In a dump-car, the combination of a transversely-disposed lower se mental bearing having a triangular recess t erein, an up- 'per segmental bearing overlyingl said recess and adapted to bear upon said lower bearing, a car-body mounted on said upper bearing, and a pin connected with said up er bearing and fitting within said recess, said pin being adapted to engage the lower bearing to limit the rocking movement of the upper bearing in either dlrection.

8. In a dum car, the combination of a lower segmenta bearin having a recess, an upper bearing adapte to cooperate with saidlower bearing and having one or more curved flanges which overlie said recess and on which sald u per bearing rocks, and a pin carriedv by sai upper bearing and l mg within said recess for limiting the rocliing movement of said upper bearing.

9. In a dum -car, the combination of a lower segmenta bearing having a triangular recess, an upper bearing adapted to coperate with said lower bearing and having one or more curved ilanges which overlie said recess and on which said upper bearing rocks and a pin carried by said u per bearing and lying within said recess for uniting the rocking movement of said u per bearing.

10. In a dump-car, t e combination of a car-body, a rocking standard on which said car-body is mounted, said standard having a rocker bearing at its lower end, a bearin block on which said rocker rests, said bloc having a slotted recess, a pin connected with said standard and fitted in said recess for limiting the rocking movement of said bearing and means for preventing dis lacement of the standard lengthwise of t e car in either direction.

11. `In a dump-cantine combination of a car-body, a rocking standard on which said car-body .is mounted, said standard having a rocker bearing at its lower end, a bearin block on which said rocker rests, said bloc havin a triangular slotted recess, a in conn'ecte with said standard and fitte in said recess for limiting the rocking movement of said bearing in either direction and means for preventing displacement ofthe standard lengthwiseof the car. f

12. In a dump-car, the combination of a car-body, a rocking standard on which said car-bodyy is mounted, said standard 'having a rocker bearing at its lower end, a bearingblock on which said rocker rests, said bloc having a slotted recess, said recess bein open at the top, and a inf connected wit said standard and iitted 1n said recess for limiting the rocking movement of said bearing..

13. In a -dump-car, the combination of a car-body, a rocking standard on which said car-body is mounted, said standard having a rocker bearing at its lower end, a bearingblock on which said rocker rests, said block having a triangular slotted recess, said recess being open at the top, and a pin con nected with said standard and fitted in said recess for limiting the rocking movement of said bearing in either direction.

14. In a dump-car, the combination of a car-body having movable side-gates and one or more rocking supports on which the car body is mounted; said supports each comprising an upper member and a lower member, said upper member being adapted to said recess and acting to alimit the extent to which 'the u per member may be rocked laterally, an means actuated by the tilting of the car-body for operatingthe appropriate gate to permit the load Ito be dumped.

15. In a dump-car, the combination of a car body having movable side gates, a rocker bearing for rsaid car-body comprisin an upper member and a lower member, sai upper member being adapted to rocken said lower member to'tilt the car-body, one of said members vhaving a recess, Said recess being openat the top, the other member having a in 'moving in said recess Aand acting to limit tile extent to which the upper member ma bel rocked laterally, and means actuate by the rocking of the car-body for o erating the ap ropriate side-gate to permit t e load to be umped.

16. In a dump-car, the combination of a car-body, a rocker bearing for said car-b0dy comprising an upper member and a lower `member, said upper member being adapted -to rock on said lower member to tilt the car-b0dy, one of said members having a recess, said recess being open at the top, the other member having a pin moving in said recess and acting to limit the extent to which the upper member may be rocked laterally, and means for preventing displacement of said uppler member in the direction 'of the length of t e car.

JAY B, RHODES.

Witnesses MINNIE A. HUNTER,

JOHN L. JACKSON. 

